St. Olaf Web and PC Programs by Bob Hanson

The following PC programs are available from any networked PC on campus. Under Windows
95, just click Start... Run... and enter the program name. Questions? hansonr@stolaf.edu

explorer p:\apps\register

NO LONGER IN SERVICE.

Type this to call up a window under Windows 95 that contains
all the programs. You can then drag them with the RIGHT
MOUSE BUTTON to your desktop or start button, as you
wish, for quick use. Be sure to make SHORTCUTS, not copies,
of the files, as they need several helper files which are all in
p:\apps\register to get the job done!

p:\apps\register\operator

Find someone at St. Olaf College, U. of Mn., or about 100
other schools. Search by first or last name, email name, or alias
(such as chem-dept). Partial names are allowed. For example,
"hans" gets you Bob Hanson, Chris Hansen, Hans Reich, etc.
Know someone named "Ira" at U of M?.... Provides a quick
link to maildrop to send that person an email message. Also dials the phone if you have a modem!

p:\apps\register\maildrop

A very quick and simple mail-sending program. You can also
check your mail, but it wasn't really designed to be a fancy mail
reading program. The chief uses of this program are for
sending mail from someone elses computer under your name or
sending a file directly to a person from the command line. See
the Aboutmenu item for details.

This program allows you to do sophisticated file transfers
between computers (not necessarily even the one you are sitting
at). To use it properly, you should install it on your PC from my FTP site. I use it extensively to update my website on a routine basis.
For example, you can type from the DOS prompt or from
Start... Run... (this is all really on one line):